Improved velocipede



A. CMBS.

Velocipede.

No. 93,967. Patented Aug. 24, 1869.

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Letters Patent No. 93,967, dated August 24, 1869.

IMPRQVED VELOCIPEDE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sama .being hadto the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- ,Figure 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved velocipede.

VFigure 2 is an inverted plan view ofthe same.

Figure 3isa detail sectional side view of the pawltreadle.

Figure 4 is a det-ail edge or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. p

Thisinvention relates to a new manner of propelling velocipedes, and of steering the same, and of arranging elastic support.

The object of the invention is to simplify theconstruction of the apparatus, to facilitate its operation, and to improve its appearance.

The body or ii'ame A of -the velocipede is made in the form of a horse, as shown, and hasiu the front legs the bearings of the front axle B, on which the wheel C is hung.

The axle B carries a pinion, a, ou each side of the wheel, said pinions meshing into toothed wheels b b, that are hung on a shaft, D, above the axle, as shown.

0n each end of the shaftD is pivoted loosely a Y crank, E, to which, at the outer end, a catch-treadle,

F, is pivoted by a pin, c, as shown m'ore fully in fig. 3.' A spring, d, has the tendency'to draw th'e cranknp..

When the treadle is not touched, its finger, e, will not reach into the teeth of the wheel b. Only when the foot is placed upon the rounded upper lsurface of the treadle,will the finger of the same be .thrown into the toothed wheel.

When, now, the crank is forced down, the wheel b,

' I and the end of the socketin J.

and 'with it the axle B, will be turned. When pressure upon-the trea'dle is released, the spring l draws it up into position for the'next stroke.

One treadle is moved down while the other swings-up,

'so that continuous rotary motion of the axle B is thus produced.

The rear axle G, which carries the rear wheel or wheels H, has its bearings in a pin or arbor, I.

This pin is fittedinto a tubular post, J, which is swivelled in the 'alne A.

The pin I has projectingv pins f, that fit through slots of the tube, so that I cannot'tnrn in J, although J can turn in the frame.

A spring, f/,is interposed between'the upper end of support for the back part of the frame.

, A cross-head on the post J is, by means of crossed rods h h, connected with a cross-head on the steeringpm t.

This pin is fitted into the front part of' the frame, and can be 'moved up or down at will, it being held up by a spring, j.

When forced down, its end will come upon theedge of the front wheel, to act as a brake.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.Tl1ecatchtreadle F, provided with a finger, c, and pivoted to the working-crank E, substantially. as herein shown and described, to operate .as set forth.v

2. The cranlrE, carrying the catch-treadle F,whenI combined lwith the toothed wheel b and spring d, all combined and operating substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination of the rear axle Gwith the pin I, slotted tubular post J, frame A, and spring g, all arranged and operating substantially as herein shown and described.

A. GOMBS.

Vitnesses:

A. J EDWARDS, W. H. WEBSTER.-

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